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Limit Up is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Richard Martini released in USA on 2 november 1989 with Nancy Allen
Limit Up (1989)
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Add to a movie listLimit Up is the title of a 1989 film starring Nancy Allen as Chicago commodities trader Casey Falls. The film was directed by Richard Martini and produced by Jonathan D. Krane. The movie was filmed throughout Chicago and prominently features scenes at the Chicago Board of Trade and Wrigley Field.
Rance Howard, Dean Stockwell, blues icon Ray Charles and Saturday Night Live alumni Danitra Vance and Brad Hall round out the cast. Additionally, actress Sally Kellerman makes a cameo appearance as a nightclub singer. John Tesh scored the film.
Synopsis
Casey Falls works as a runner at the Board of Trade for a ruthless commodities broker, Peter Oak. It is her ambition to someday become a top trader herself, but Oak condescendingly insists that Casey will never make the grade.Actors
Nancy Allen
(Casey Falls)
Brad Hall
(Marty Callahan)
Danitra Vance
(Nike)
Dean Stockwell
(Peter Oak)
Rance Howard
(Chuck Feeney)
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